Clumps of "other" grass in my lawn. Best way to get rid of?
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Comments (156)No one asking anyone to read ALL those replies. If you do not want to know what we know, skip our replies. On a new thread or topic, we will come over & reply & you will be back where you are now. jolj(7b/8a) henry, I am going to try solarization on my bahia grass. 90% of the things on this thread will not eradicate bahia grass. This includes round up, which kills the tops, but not the deep roots. Round up will not kill nut sage/ nut grass or common dew berry vines. So I will try this on the bahia. I have heard that the solarization may kill the soil food web, when it kills the weeds. I am planning to sheet compost the beds after I kill the grass/ weeds. I have been told that tilling kills the soil food web. Not sure who is right or if it matters, I give vegetables away every season including the winter. I grow more then I can use, then I must be doing something right. [Like[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/organic-way-to-get-rid-of-bermuda-grass-dsvw-vd~1521679) I did this in 2011 & it worked great....See MoreLooking for the easiest way to get rid of my grass
Comments (29)Roundup and a whole bunch of other weed killers, including the supposed long term ones are not nearly as nasty as some think. I have a crushed granite driveway parking lot and last summer I put five different kinds of weed/grass killers on it to kill weeds. Not one single one came even close to killing all the weeds, including areas that were repeated ly resprayed. They can be annoying on a lawn when one gets careles and over-spray gives a temporary brown spot, but unless one uses agricultural/commercial grade spray, I believe they are over-rated. The only thing I ever used on the drive-way that lasted a full year was old gasoline that had become to much like varnish. As I wrote in another thread, IF you can get help and have access to a rental store. Rent a sod-cutter and cut the sod off and either haul it away or have them dig a pit deep enough so that a covering of dirt can be put over the stacked sod, even if three fourths are above grade, as it will turn into a dirt mound quite quickly....See MoreBest way to get rid of maple key infestation
Comments (11)I get them, too. Thousands of them. As stated above, they are no trouble in the lawn. Once decapitated, they don't come back. Try to pull them out of the garden beds before they get more than four or so leaves - they very quickly develop a root system and yanking them later, although easier, will disturb the soil around your plants. They will sprout in damp mulch but do come out very easily. I've even had them grow in just a tiny bit of guttercrud in the eavestroughs. These things seem endless but are usually conquered by end of June :)...See MoreBest way to get rid of nutsesge grass?
Comments (10)Nutgrass is a HUGE problem in my area. I could not get rid of it to save my life. I mean I would spray, and kill what was there, but in 2 weeks I had a whole new crop of it. I just don't have that kind of time, I now have a company that manages my lawn (other than cutting - I do that) and since then, my nutgrass is history. I will see one or two every now and then, but that's about it....See Moreamyascott72
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